oleorunM to Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish • 7 months agoCouple finds safe stuffed with $100,000 cash while magnet fishing in New Yorkwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down11
arrow-up1154arrow-down1external-linkCouple finds safe stuffed with $100,000 cash while magnet fishing in New Yorkwww.theguardian.comoleorunM to Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-square@Fester@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish24•edit-27 months agoNo crime attached yet. — New York police
minus-square@chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish17•7 months ago“Hey, Farva. What’s that thing you like to do where you take possession of property that isn’t yours without having to charge the owner with a crime?” “Civil forfeiture?”
minus-square@gorysubparbagel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish15•7 months agoVery likely someone who earned that money illegally that left it there and they very likely know now that they have it.
For a couple of weeks maybe.
How so?
No crime attached yet.
— New York police
“Hey, Farva. What’s that thing you like to do where you take possession of property that isn’t yours without having to charge the owner with a crime?”
“Civil forfeiture?”
Very likely someone who earned that money illegally that left it there and they very likely know now that they have it.